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The Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers(HSPE) announced the 2018 Hawaii MATH-COUNTS team on Saturday, March 10, 2018.The team includes Coach Sung Park ofWashington Middle School and MathletesTaylor Ann Agena of Highlands IntermediateSchool, Jared Lo ofPunahou School, andMinjae Seo and FelicityZhou of WashingtonMiddle School. Theywill represent Hawaii atthe 2018 RaytheonM A T H C O U N T SNational Competitionon May 12-15, 2018 inWashington, D.C. Thefour will be among 224final Mathletes from 50states, U.S. territories,State Departmentschools and

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Electric Lighting of the Kingdom of Hawaii 1886-1888 RECEIVES Global Recognitionas an IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers) MilestoneIolani Palace honored for Lighting the WayBy Sophia Tang, IEEE Hawaii MilestoneAward Chairperson

What started out as a conversation at amonthly dinner meeting among members of theIEEE Hawaii Section 1½ years ago evolved to aMilestone team of four from the IEEE Powerand Energy Society Hawaii Chapter meetingwith the Friends of Iolani that became a cele-bration of 130 years of amazing, technicalachievement in electric lighting of Honolulusince 23 March 1888.

On March 23, 2018, we celebrated the dedi-cation of the IEEE Milestone Award to IolaniPalace with a proclamation from Gov. Ige andseveral speeches including the IEEE PresidentJames Jefferies, President of the University ofHawaii David Lassner, Executive Director ofIolani Palace Kippen de Alba Chu and VicePresident of Public Affairs at Hawaiian ElectricScott Seu followed by a tour of Iolani Palaceand reception.

Electric Lighting of the Kingdom ofHawaii 1886 – 1888

In November 1886, electric light illuminatedIolani Palace’s grounds for King Kalakaua’s50th birthday celebrations. By March 1887,the Palace had 325 incandescent lightsinstalled within the 104 rooms. The king’saction promoted economic development andaccelerated implementation of electric lightingof the town of Honolulu on 23 March 1888

An opportunity arrived in time for the IEEEHawaii Milestone Award Team visiting IolaniPalace during the annual Queen KapiolaniEvening Tours commemorating Her Majesty’sbirthday on December 29-30, 2017, includingthe Throne Room with the 72 electric lights onthe original 6 chandeliers. Also, in view is areplica of a telephone installed in 1883 thatwas used during the monarchy era near theBlue Room. “The first phones (library, Queen’sbedroom, chamberlain’s office and boathouse) were installed in 1881 during construc-tion. The Pacific Commercial Advertiser com-mented that in addition to having internal com-munications, the king would be able to call theother 75 subscribers. [King] Kalakaua as aresult had telephones 6 years before heinstalled electric lights.” said historian, ZitaCup Choy, of Iolani Palace.

The IEEE Milestones program established in1983 honors significant technical achieve-ments in the history of Electrical and ElectronicEngineering, Technical Communications andother designated fields. IEEE Milestones rec-ognize the technical innovation and excellence

for the benefit ofhumanity found inunique products, ser-vices and honor theachievement, ratherthan a place or a per-son. To be proposedas an IEEE Milestone,an achievement mustbe at least 25 yearsold, have benefitedhumanity, and musthave had at leastregional importance.Proposed milestonesundergo an extensiveprocess of approval byan advocate, IEEEHistory Committee andIEEE Board ofDirectors.

The historic timelinefor this MilestoneAward is listed below:• 08/15/1881: On HisRoyal Highness (HRH)World Tour, King DavidKalakaua visited theInternational Expositionof Electricity in Paris,France.

35th ANNUAL HAWAII STATE MATHCOUNTS COMPETITION RESULTSDepartment of Defense schools, competing forthe title National Champion.

The Hawaii team was determined at the 35thAnnual Hawaii State MATHCOUNTSCompetition at Kamehameha Schools Kalama

2018 Team. L-R: Robert Isler, Coach Sung Park, Taylor Ann Agena,Jared Lo, Felicity Zhou, Minjae Seo, and Barry Nakamoto.

Fig.2: Iolani Palace Throne Room with 72 electric lights on sixchandeliers.

Fig.1: IEEE group picture at Iolani Palace Milestone Award dedication ceremony.

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25th Annual Education FundGolf Tournament, April 6

The 25th Annual Education Fund GolfTournament will be held Friday, April 6 atthe Ala Wai Golf Course. Proceeds will sus-tain the Chapter’s education fund whichprovides annual monetary awards at theHawaii State Science and Engineering Fairand annual partial scholarships towardshigher education tuition to eligible studentswho major in a public works-related field.Interested golf players may contact RouenLiu at 543-7245 or [email protected]. Scholarship applications will beavailable at hawaii.apwa.net.

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Precision, consistency, andfirepower! Come see the best ofthe best when it comes to Hawaii’sautomotive engineering. TheRainbow Warrior Racing team willbe unveiling the 2018 edition ofUH’s Formula SAE racecar thismonth. Check it out at the FirstHawaiian International Autoshowon April 13-15, 3rd floor of theHonolulu Convention Center.

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National Public Works Week, May 20-26National Public Works Week is traditionally

sponsored and observed during the third fullweek in May. During May 20-26, the Chapterwill maintain an exhibit of various recent publicworks projects to energize and educate thepublic on the importance of the contribution ofpublic works to their daily lives.

This year’s theme “The Power of PublicWorks” gives voice to the impact the manyfacets of public works have on modern civiliza-tion. From providing clean water to disposingof solid waste, to building roads and bridges orplanning for and implementing mass transit, toremoving snow on roadways or devising emer-gency management strategies to meet naturalor manmade disasters, public works servicesdetermine a society’s quality of life. APWA

Save the date!18th Annual College of

Engineering DinnerThursday, April 19, 20185:00 p.m. - Student/Faculty Exhibits andCocktails6:30 p.m. - Dinner and ProgramHawai‘i Convention CenterKalakaua Ballroom, 1801 Kalakaua Ave.

The College of Engineering invites you toan evening with students, faculty, alumni,and friends to honor their achievements inacademic and research excellence andoutstanding service and leadership.

Student Project PresentationsDistinguished Alumni AwardOutstanding Service Award

Individual seat: $250Table sponsorships: Platinum $10,000,Gold $5,000, Silver $3,500, and Bronze$2,500. Tables seat 10. With your permis-sion, we would like to seat a faculty mem-ber or student at your table.

All proceeds will be used to benefit cur-rent and prospective College ofEngineering students. Last year, more than$100,000 was raised in support of theCollege of Engineering.SPECIAL AWARDSDistinguished Alumni:Ken Kawahara (President, Akinaka &Associates, Ltd.)Russell Young (President, Albert C.Kobayashi, Inc.)Outstanding Service:Jonathan Suzuki (Director, EAAUH)Edward Yoshimura (Director, EAAUH)

proudly honors the vital contribution publicworks professionals make every day to com-munities all across North America, and it invitesthe public to celebrate their quiet dedicationand indispensable influence on our way of life.

Instituted as a public education campaign byAPWA in 1960, the Week calls attention to theimportance of public works in community life.Through the Week and other efforts, APWAseeks to raise the public’s awareness of publicworks issues and to increase confidence inpublic works employees and professionals whoare the often-unsung heroes of our society.Additional information may be found atwww.apwa.net.

2017-2018 ASCE Hawaii Section OfficersPresident: Lara Karamatsu,P.E. email: [email protected]: Eric Arakawa, P.E. email: [email protected] President: Jason Kage, P.E. email: [email protected]: Dayna Nemoto-Shima, P.E. email: [email protected]: Clifford Lum, P.E. email: [email protected] President: Timothy Goshi, P.E. email: [email protected] President: Jordan Urabe, E.I.T. email: [email protected]

Hawaii Section — Younger Member ForumWeb site: http://www.ascehawaii.org/ymf.html

2017-2018 YMF OfficersJordan Urabe, President [email protected] Nakaoka, Vice President [email protected] Wong, Treasurer [email protected] Street, Secretary [email protected] Leong, Past President [email protected]

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: Wednesday, March 7, 2018Next meeting: April 5, 2018

Hawaii Section Members at the SocietyLevel – Horst Brandes

Horst joined the College of Engineering atthe University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1996 andis currently a professor of GeotechnicalEngineering. He is also president of AppliedGeosciences, LLC., a local geotechnical engi-neering consulting company that he founded in2004.

Horst is a registered professional CivilEngineer in the state of Hawaii and a memberof the American Society of Civil Engineerswhere he has held the status of Fellow since2010. He currently serves on several ofASCE’s committees at the national level includ-ing: Raise the Bar, Civil Engineering Body ofKnowledge, Civil Engineering TechnologistBody of Knowledge. Horst has also served asRegion 8 Governor from 2011 to 2014 and wasPresident of the ASCE Hawaii Section from2002 to 2003. Horst is also a correspondingmember of the Committee on the CivilEngineering Technologist (CET), whichadvances the integration of CETs into the civilengineering profession and promotes the roleof a CET on the engineering team. Horst hascontributed to several ASCE publications, twoof which will be presented at ASCE’s 2018Education Annual Conference and Expositionin Salt Lake City, Utah.INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT CARD

The second meeting for developing a HawaiiInfrastructure Report Card was held on March23, headed by Co-Chairs Amber Takenouchiand Steven Doo. Additional volunteers are wel-come — if you would like to participate, pleasecontact Lara Karamatsu, [email protected] EDUCATION

Please visit http://www.ascehawaii.org/links.html and click on ASCE National for completedetails.April Dinner MeetingDate: April 26, 2018Location: Dave & Busters; 5:30 PM SocialTime, 6:30 PM Dinner, 7 PM ProgramProgram: UH Student Chapter presentation onthe ASCE Student Conference and 2017-18highlights

The Student Chapter will have more than 50students participating in the Pacific SouthwestConference April 11-14, 2018 at Arizona State

University in Tempe, Arizona.2018 ASCE Fly-In

Section Treasurer Dayna Nemoto-Shima rep-resented Hawaii at the Legislative Fly-In eventin Washington, D.C. March 13-14. The inten-sive 2-day event provides participants with aninside look at the public policy process andopportunities to carry forth ASCE’s key legisla-tive initiatives to the congressional delegation.Region 8 Director Election

Hawaii Section’s own Tony Lau and DennisRichards from the Arizona Section are the 2018candidates for Region 8 Director. ASCE HawaiiSection has officially endorsed Tony Lau.Members are encouraged to support Tony dur-ing the upcoming voting period in May.

2019 MRLCHawaii Section’s Younger Member Forum

will be hosting the 2019 Western Multi-RegionLeadership Conference on March 7-9, 2019 atthe Hilton Hawaiian Village. Attendance isanticipated to attract approximately 400 atten-dees from Regions 8 & 9 and Society leaders.If interested in assisting, please contactConference Co-chairs Norman and Amanda [email protected] Positions

ASCE Hawaii is looking for volunteers to fillthe following committee positions: History &Heritage Chair and Report Card Committeemembers. If you are interested or have ques-tions on any of these positions, please contactPresident Lara Karamatsu, [email protected]. Outreach Committee

The 2018 ASCE Hawaii Popsicle bridge con-test was held at University of Hawaii-ManoaHolmes Hall on Friday, March 2, 2018. A totalof 12 teams from various schools around Oahuparticipated.

Hawaii Section will be partnering with YMF toattend the Hawaii Tech Academy’s STEM nightin April. Program will include games and otheractivities for the students to do to learn aboutcivil engineering.Membership

If you haven’t already done so, please renewyour ASCE membership. You can renew yourmembership at www.asce.org.

YMF General MeetingThe next YMF general meeting is scheduled

for Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 6:00 pm atHonolulu Beerworks. If you are interested inattending and learning more about the variousprofessional, social and service opportunitiesavailable through YMF, please contact YMF [email protected].

HCES Engineering Week On Monday, February 19, five volunteers

from ASCE YMF hosted interactive activitiesand shared information about the civil engi-neering profession at the Hawaii Council ofEngineering Societies (HCES) E-Week Kickoffevent at Windward Mall. As elementary andmiddle school students proudly competed inthe VEX IQ Robotics Challenge, YMF membersassisted visiting students with two interactiveactivities. The first activity taught studentsways to make our community sustainable bysearching through ASCE’s “Greenville” for sus-tainable practices. For the second activity, stu-dents put their design and building skills to thetest by constructing a bridge using only plasticstraws and masking tape as building material.Student would then test the bridge’s ability tohold as many pennies as possible beforebreaking. YMF members also shared a displayexplaining what civil engineering is and thetype of work civil engineers do. YMF memberswere also thoroughly impressed with the stu-dents’ presentations and competition of theirrobots. Thank you to all our ASCE YMF volun-teers for volunteering and “inspiring wonder” incivil engineering!

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PO. Box 1901, Honolulu, HI 96805-1901An association for Hawaii’s Engineers andArchitectsWEB address: www.eahawaii.orgEAH 2016- 2017 OfficersPresident Dave Martin 543-45041st VP Howard Wiig 587-38112nd VP OpenTreasurer Aaron Erickson, PE 591-2728Secretary Gary Yamamoto, PE 485-2777Stg-At-Arms Martin McMorrow 256-4713Director Phil Blackman Director Bill Brizee, AIA 523-9636Past Pres Michael Albright

EAH’s new meeting location is Room 301 inthe Topa Tower (Ewa tower on Fort Street; OldAMFAC Building). Validated parking is avail-able (enter from Nimitz). The WEB site hasbeen updated to provide directions and a Map.If you have questions please call Sam Gillie(543-4739).

Meetings are held every Friday (exceptHolidays). Meetings start at NOON and haveended PROMPTLY at 1:00 pm for 70 Years.Program schedule may be adjusted. Call Sam Gillie to confirm speaker 543-4739; Fax203-1335.

Lunch is $10.00 Members, $12.00 Guests.(All Welcome), Students Free. Drink refresh-ments are complimentary. You may bring yourown lunches, in which case a $2.00 donation isgratefully appreciated!!

Electric Lighting, from page 1• 09/26/1881: King David Kalakaua visitedThomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, inNew York City for demonstration of DC electriclight. HRH King Kalakaua was to decide ifHonolulu should use gas or electricity forlamp/lighting.• 07/21/1886: First demonstration of DC elec-tric light in Hawaii-one (1) light at Iolani Palace,1 light at Government building, 1 light onRichard Street and 2 lights on King Street. • 11/25/1886: To celebrate King Kalakaua’s50th birthday, a Jubilee Ball with 10-arc lightsof 2,000 candle power lit Iolani Palacegrounds.• March 1887: Three hundred twenty-five(325) incandescent lights were installed atIolani Palace with 72 lights in the Throne Roomand another 150 lights were installed at theRoyal Hawaiian Hotel on Hotel Street. • June 1887: The dynamo power plant locatedon Palace grounds provided power for thelights. [Four (4) years before the White Househad Electric Lighting.]• 03/21/1888: The Daily Bulletin Article

“Honolulu Electric Works” energized dynamosfor 50-arc lights and 12-arc lights. Dynamosand lamps were supplied by Thomson-Houston Co. of Massachusetts, [which eventu-ally became General Electric].• 03/23/1888: Town of Honolulu lighted byelectricity on the evening of March 23, 1888,when Her Royal Highness (HRH) PrincessLiliuokalani turned on the circuit at the NuuanuElectric Light Station. • 03/24/1888: The Daily Bulletin Article“Electric Lighting of Honolulu” energized twocircuits run by a large and small dynamos atthe Electric Light Station [hydroelectric plant]in the [Nuuanu] Valley. Long circuit is 15 milesand short is 6 miles on 46 poles.• 1893: The electric plant was purchased fromKalakaua’s estate by the ProvisionalGovernment who sold it the following year in1894 to Hawaiian Electric. The plant was thenmoved into a larger building on the corner ofAlakea and Halekauwila Streets.• August 2017: Over 1,000 LED lights wereinstalled to illuminate Iolani Palace, resemblingKing Kalakaua era with the original chandelierfixtures in the Throne Room, with a reduction inenergy usage at a cost savings of $1,200.00 amonth.• 03/23/2018: IEEE Milestone Award,“Electric Lighting of the Kingdom of Hawaii1886-1888”, commemorating the 130thanniversary of Electric Lighting of the Town ofHonolulu since 03/23/1888.

On July 29, 1891 The Electrical Engineer,vol. 12 had an article on “ElectricalDevelopment In The Sandwich Islands”highlighting hydro-electric plants (dynamosdriven by water-power) for electric lights andalso mentioned “submarine cable between thesandwich islands (Hawaii) and the AmericanContinent” for communications.

About the author, Sophia Tang: A graduateof University of Hawaii with a BA in Math & a BSin Electrical Engineering (EE) and a graduateof University of Houston with a Master in EE,Ms. Sophia Tang is a senior member of IEEE

Fig.3: Iolani Palace Telephone.

2017-2018 ITE OfficersPresident: Chad Kadokawa [email protected] Pres.: Claire Fukuoka [email protected]./Treas.: Cristina Rodriguez [email protected]

The ITE Hawaii Section will be hosting theirnext meeting on Wednesday, April 18th atWilson Okamoto Corporation, located at 1907South Beretania Street, Suite 400. Guestspeaker will be Tom Mericle, Western DistrictLegislative Committee Chair on the “LegislativeChanges in California - Senate Bill 743 andAssembly Bill 390”. Please [email protected] if you are interest-ed in participating in this event.

Also, Hawaii Section is seeking nominationsfor Secretary-Treasurer for the upcoming 2018elections. Any interested parties should con-tact Sara Okuda, Hawaii Section Director, bythe email shown above.

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2018 BOD OFFICERS AND DIRECTORSPresident Jeoffrey Cudiamat 488-5000 [email protected] Vice President Kevin Nakamoto 356-1237 [email protected] Craig Meierhoffer 534-1300 [email protected] Eric Tomishima 486-5202 x 4 [email protected] (Yr 2) Michael Greer 591-2728 [email protected] Director (Yr 2) Deborah Kim-Ito 271-2862 [email protected] (Yr 1) Kainoa Aki 292-4473 [email protected] (Yr 1) Jillian Sumitomo 488-7579 [email protected] President Jonathan Murai 791-3952 [email protected]

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SEAOH would like to send a belated con-gratulations to the 2018 Engineer of the Year,Ron Iwamoto. Mr. Iwamoto served as the 2010President of SEAOH, and has also served as avolunteer on SEAOH’s Disaster ResponseCommittee. More information on Mr. Iwamoto’sachievements can be found in February’sWiliki.General Membership Meetings/TechnicalSeminars/Events

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Check your calendars!! The convention hasbeen scheduled for September 14-15 atAulani. Keep an eye out for a save-the-dateflyer in the near future. Committee Volunteer Opportunity

The current Disaster Response CommitteeChairperson is planning to step down duringthe first half of this year. The BOD is activelyseeking any SEAOH member willing to helplead this committee. If interested please con-tact a board member.New Member Applications

Applications for the following individualshave been received and are open for com-ments from the membership: StephanieKuroda for Associate Member. Ruth Bribiescafor Associate Member.

Next Meeting on April 4, 2018. For informa-tion, contact SEAOH President; JeoffreyCudiamat [email protected]

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NEXT ASME-HAWAII PROFESSIONAL GEN-ERAL MEETINGDate: April 2018. Date to be confirmed andannounced on website.Time: usually from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pmPlace: To be confirmed.Agenda: To be determined.

As usual, all members and guests are invitedand encouraged to attend our meetings. There

are always lots of complimentary refreshments.Please contact Chairman Froilan Garma fordirections and for more information, such asparking. HIGHLITES OF FEBRUARY 13 ASME-HAWAII PROFESSIONAL GENERAL MEETING

The meeting was called to order byChairman Froilan Garma at the JohnsonControls office at 420 Waiakamilo Road at 5:45P.M. • The HCES Report was given by ChairmanGarma.• Student Section Report: The recent student’sProfessional Lunch was held in the UHMCampus Center. It was attended by two profes-sionals and 12 students.• UHM DME Report: The applications for twoprofessor positions are being reviewed. Thepositions are for thermofluids andmechanics/autonomation. The Francis RhodesMontgomery Design Competition is projectedfor May 4, 2018.• HCES Assignments: Promotional items: Notmoving forward. Brochure: Draft completedhighlighting 18 of Hawaii’s Engineering soci-eties. It emphasizes opportunities for profes-sionals to be a part of these engineering soci-eties and stay engaged in the engineeringcommunity.• ASME PE Exam Refresher Course: No cur-rent refresher course scheduled. At least tencandidates are needed to conduct a course.Discussed periodical advertisements in Wilikito inform engineering community of course.Interested engineers should contact RaymondLiu, via Froilan Garma.• Tours Planned: Prospects to be announcedvia email and discussed at next meeting.• ASME-HI Website: Discussion whether or notto continue the ASME-HI website. The majoritypresent indicated that the web hosting fee willbe paid by the Section for another two years.• Featured Speaker for the Evening: MelissaOnishi presented “Safe & Precise Landing onMars.” Onishi is a second year graduate stu-dent at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, pur-suing her Master’s Degree in MechanicalEngineering with a focus in Control Systems forSpace Exploration. Since 2013 she has workedwith Professor Dilmurat Azimov solving prob-lems involving trajectory analysis and preciselanding on Mars. She was awarded grantopportunities, an internship at NASA JetPropulsion Laboratory and presented her workat the American Institute for Aeronautics andAstronautics Space Forum in optimizing of tra-jectory envelopes. She is currently working ondetermining entry points and sequences alongthe entry, decent, and landing trajectory toMars.

FRANCIS R. MONTGOMERY DESIGN COM-PETITION

Four design competition judges are neededfor the planned May 4, 2018 competition at theUHM campus. The competition judging isscheduled from 12:00 noon to about 5:30 P.M.If you can help or need more information,please contact Ed Chang via email:[email protected] or call808-543-4227.

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CCMAA Hawaii Chapterhttp://hawchapter.cmaa.org 2018 CMAA Hawaii Chapter Board President Brook Corney (CH2M) Vice President Alex Pascual (Bow CM) Secretary Ranelle Ho (SSFM) Treasurer Emily Boirum (Bowers + Kubota) Chap Past Pres Chandra Namumnart (EKNA Services)

CMAA Hawaii Chapter News:Aloha CMAA Hawaii! On Thursday, March

15th the bi-monthly Luncheon featured LoriKahikina, (Director of the City and County ofHonolulu, ENV) as the guest speaker. Hertopic “Upcoming ENV Projects in FY 18 & FY19 and General Expectations for CMs”. It wasa well attended event at a new location,University of Hawai‘i, Campus Center. Thenext bi-monthly Pau Hāna will be on April 19th.Please check emails for updates on location.

As shared in the past, our chapter is here asa resource for all Construction Engineering andManagement professionals, and the things thatwe do benefit not only our CM community butour larger Ohana as well.

If you have any questions regarding any ofour upcoming events, would like to join ourOhana and become more involved with theCMAA Hawaii Chapter or would simply like tobe added to our email list, please email us [email protected], or at our mailingaddress; CMAA Hawaii, PO Box 531, Honolulu,HI 96809 Looking for a CCM? The current list-ing for all Hawaii CCMs can be found here:https://cmaanet.org/certified-construction-managers-registry Safety always.

Dining Hall on March10, 2018, after veryintense competitionbetween Mathletes fromthe Oahu, Hawaii Islandand Maui MATH-COUNTS Chapterswhich included eightfinalist schools, and 38finalist Mathletes. The

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Award Presenters, L-R: Debbie Lindsey, Phyllis Unebasami, RobertIsler, and Jennie Thompson.

ten highest scorers as a result of scores fromthe Sprint and Target Rounds competed in theCountdown Round with the top four Mathletesfrom this round making the Hawaii team. Theseten competing students included in tenth placeKyle Ching of Iolani School, ninth place RemiKuba of Punahou School, eighth place FelicityZhou of Washington Middle School, seventhplace Tamlyn Horiuchi of HighlandsIntermediate, sixth place Noah Chung ofPunahou, fifth place Jordan Wong ofWashington, fourth place Adam Inamasa ofWashington, third place Taylor Ann Agena ofHighlands, second place Jared Lo of Punahou,and in first place Minjae Seo of Washington.

These ten top Mathletes competed in theCountdown Round in a single-elimination,head-to-head, oral round starting with the tenthand ninth place Mathletes. The problem is readand shown on a screen and the Mathletes aregiven 45 seconds to answer. Calculators arenot allowed. The first to press the buzzeranswers first, and if wrong, the other Mathletehas the rest of the 45 seconds to answer. In theearlier matches, the first to answer two prob-lems correctly moves on to meet the next high-er placed Mathlete. In the final three matches,the first Mathlete to answer three problems cor-rectly moves on.

The Mathlete who had to do the most workwas Felicity Zhou. She had to knock off sevenMathletes in order to challenge top scorerMinjae Seo for first place. When it came downto the final two Mathletes, Minjae Seo showedwhy he was the highest scorer answering threeCountdown Round questions correctly and tak-ing first place.

The placement of teams is determined byadding team members’ individual scores fromthe Sprint and Target Rounds plus the TeamRound score. Of the eight competing teams, infirst place was Washington Middle School, andtherefore Coach Sung Park has the honor ofbeing the Hawaii Team Coach at the Nationalsin Washington, D.C. The second place to

eighth place teams, respectively, werePunahou School with coach Leslee Hosoda,Iolani School with coaches Joe Guillou andKristi Sakaguchi, Kapolei Middle School andcoach Kristine Lindstrom, HighlandsIntermediate School with coach MarkYamashita, Kamehameha Middle SchoolKapalama and coach Midori Burton and BradUy, Waiakea Intermediate School and coachDarwin Mizuba, and Seabury Hall with coachBryan Molina.

Awards presenters included DebbieLindsey, Assistant Head of School,Kamehameha Schools Kapalama; PhyllisUnebasami, Deputy Superintendent, HawaiiDepartment of Education; Robert Isler, VicePresident Power Supply, Hawaiian ElectricCompany, Inc.; and Jennie Thompson,Professor, University of Hawaii LeewardCommunity College and MATHCOUNTSSteering Committee member. The organiza-tions they represent have a major role in per-petuating MATHCOUNTS in Hawaii.

Hawaii MATHCOUNTS is organized byHSPE with competition assistance from Hawaiieducators and engineers. Hawaiian Electric issponsoring the 2018 MATHCOUNTS OahuChapter and State Competition with a $10,000grant to the HSPE Educational Foundation.

You will again be able to attend theCompetition in your home or office. MATH-COUNTS will present the 2018 RaytheonMATHCOUNTS National Competition live viawebcast on www.mathcounts.org, startingMonday, May 14th at 10:00 AM EDT.

HAWAII CHAPTER OFFICERSPresident: Robert Bigtas Coffman Engineers [email protected] President: Derick Kam NAVFAC HawaiiSecretary: Ferdi Guinto NAVFAC HawaiiTreasurer: Sam Dannaway Coffman EngineersDirector: Mel Harano Thermal Engineering CorporationDirector: Bob Lohaus

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